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“(Punzel) has been away for a number of years,” Malone said, “and he brings his experience, but also looks at the department with fresh eyes – not having been in charge for a number of years. He can see things that someone who has been in the midst of it hasn’t seen or can’t see.”
There is little concern, Lazenby told the council, that Punzel does not have certification from the Board of Public Safety Standards and Training. The city manager also is not concerned that Punzel might not have kept up with police issues and practices that have changed over the years since his retirement.
“Chiefs have 12 months to get recertified,” Lazenby wrote in his staff report to the council, “and the interim role would be well under this time requirement.”
The changing issues and practices are of little concern, since the department’s staff has stayed current with best practices, Lazenby told the council.
“I am confident that (Punzel) would respect and draw from their knowledge,” he said. “The fundamentals of good leadership have not changed.”
Punzel told the council he would try to stabilize the department, which he assumed was suffering under what he called the traumatic events of the past several years, including lawsuits, police shootings, sex scandals and the untimely death of one of the officers.
“With the tragic situations they’ve had over the last couple or three years,” he told the council, “each and every member of that department has been traumatized.
“Being from the outside, I think I can fit in and work through that and get the teamwork back and get continuity in the department.”
The council could take formal action on hiring an interim police chief at its Nov. 16 meeting, especially if Lazenby finds consensus among the councilors before that meeting.
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Re: City may bring back former chief as interim
Chief Punzel is a good man; However, his certification has expired. You only have to look at the mess with the Multnomah Co and Bob Skipper to see the problems related to bringing retired officers back to serve as an interim Chiefs.
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Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 10:05 AM